Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- Former Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako has faced corruption charges for 10 years. Neither acquitted nor convicted, he and his co-defendants, including his son, Abdulaziz, a former senator, are tired of the trial. They want the case to end, even though the Court of Appeal ruled that there is merit in trying them for corruption.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged them in 2015 with diversion of N29 billion from the coffers of Adamawa State through a money laundering scheme during Mr Nyako's time as governor.

The case is one of the longest and most complicated high-profile corruption cases filed during former President Muhammadu Buhari's administration.

It has passed through three judges, tw...